Review:
The Gameboy
Advance port of Guilty Gear X features smaller, more condensed sprites, but gameplay
stays close to the original and offers a unique fighting game experience
on
the good old GBA. This version also adds some new modes not seen in the original
including: Tag,
Survival, Training, Color Edit Mode, and 3-on-3 VS mode.
The Gears hit the GBA!
The standard
gameplay elements like Overdrive Attacks, Roman Cancels, Instant Kills,
Dead Angle Attacks, and Tech Hits are all present in the GBA version of GGX...
making it one of the most advanced fighters to come
out for any handheld system to date. Once again, the characters are a bit on the short
side and have lost quite a few frames of animation, but they still manage to retain
most of their signature moves. The music and sound effects
also don't compare to the original, and some of the BGM's end up sounding kind of
tinny/annoying.
That's Sol VS Axl, for
those that can't see.
GGX: Advance
includes the staple Arcade Mode, VS Mode, Training Mode, Survival Mode, and even a
cool color edit mode! There's also a 3-on-3 mode (KOF style) and Tag Team
mode, something completely new to the series. The tag mode is a bit glitchy,
as your character is instantly replaced with your partner as soon as you
"tag." Fireballs also mysteriously disappear when you tag, so the tag system
leaves much to be desired when compared to other games using the tag element. The
3-on-3 team mode is more satisfying, allowing you to select a team of 3 members
and have them duke it out one by one. For a GBA fighting game, it's not bad at
all...
but certainly doesn't come close to the original in "awe factor".
Before Guilty
Gear: Judgment, this was the best handheld version of Guilty Gear to play,
and it was impressive for the time. GGX: Advance is still one of the best fighting games you can get on the
GBA, a close second to SFA3: Upper. ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG
